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As he spoke, Kuma had completely dissipated his hostility.

It could be said that the reaction to Ikki's words just now was completely based on Kuma's instinctive reaction. After all, his identity as a Revolutionary Army cadre was top secret.

If others knew about it, it would most likely have a very bad impact on the Revolutionary Army. But after fighting Ikki, he calmed down.

Ikki's strength wasn't weak, plus the partners around him. If he really took action, Kuma knew that he would most likely not be able to take advantage.

"Don't worry. I just said it casually."

Ikki smiled, put Zangetsu behind his Shikai on his shoulders, and said with a smile:

"As for me, I'm only interested in famous swords and rather hate trouble. What about pirates, Marines, World Government, or the Revolutionary Army? As long as it doesn't involve famous swords, I don't want to have anything to do with it. Of course, if there are friends or enemies in these organizations, that would be another story."

Kuma stared intently at Ikki, thinking about what he had said.

'In other words, as long as the Revolutionary Army doesn't provoke Ikki, he won't interfere with the Revolutionary Army's affairs?'

In his opinion, Ikki was completely expressing his position. In other words, even if Ikki knew the true identity of Kuma, he had no intention of telling anyone. The premise was that the Revolutionary Army didn't become his enemy.

Kuma nodded and turned to look at Perona and the many zombies behind her. The next moment, his body disappeared from the spot.

Puff puff!

Followed by sounds like balloons being popped, the zombies surrounding Perona disappeared one by one.

'This man wants to silence witnesses?!'

Perona opened her mouth wide and watched the zombies around her disappear one by one. Her spirit reached its limit in an instant.

"Woooo, don't kill me, I don't want to die! The famous sword... By the way, I know where the famous sword is. Please help me, I don't want to die!"

After the last zombie around her disappeared, Perona stretched out her hand and asked Ikki for help.

At this time, the figure of Kuma also appeared behind Perona. Seeing the shadow covering her whole body, Perona's body instantly stiffened, and she looked behind her mechanically, only to see Kuma's palm pressing directly toward her body.

Obviously, Kuma didn't want anyone except Ikki and his team to leave alive. Although he hadn't admitted his identity as a Revolutionary Army member just now, he didn't want to cause trouble.

Ikki and his group were quite troublesome to deal with, but that didn't mean Perona and her zombies would be quite troublesome to deal with.

'This guy wants to kill her.'

Sensing the murderous aura surrounding Kuma, Ikki raised his eyebrows and quickly rushed toward Perona with a flash of movement. At the critical moment, he held Perona's body and avoided Kuma's attack.

"Huh? Ikki, what do you mean?"

Kuma, who missed the attack, frowned and looked at Ikki, and at the same time became even more wary of him. The speed that Ikki showed just now wasn't as fast as the teleportation speed using his Paw-Paw Fruit ability, but it was also quite impressive.

Kuma even felt that if he didn't react in time, he might be hit by Ikki's attack. After all, if he wanted to achieve teleportation, he needed the paw pad on his palm to reach his destination first.

"Woo woo woo, thank you, thank you."

Perona grabbed Ikki's clothes tightly and wiped her nose and tears on his clothes. Seeing this, Ikki's cheeks twitched, he quickly threw her behind him and took off his coat.

Seeing that Perona still wanted to lean on him, Ikki immediately put the coat over her head.

"This girl said she knew where the famous sword I wanted was. So I wanted to keep her here."

Ikki said to Kuma while holding down Perona's little head.

Ikki still had some affection for Perona, who had a lovely personality. He didn't want her to end up drowning in the sea because of his relationship, when she was supposed to be sent flying by Kuma in the original work to the area where Hawkeye was.

"Then... after you find the famous sword you want, I'll dispose of her. She should have nothing to do with you."

Kuma said.

"Dispose of her? No! Ikki... No, please accept me. I'm willing to be your partner."

Perona, who was covered by Ikki's coat, said in a muffled voice, while her hands kept waving to grab Ikki's arm.

"You see, she said she wanted to be my partner."

Ikki smiled, grabbed Perona's little head and gently pushed her toward Kalifa, Nojiko and Nami. After the three women caught Perona, they naturally comforted her.

Kuma took a deep look at Perona. As soon as Perona regained her sight, she saw Kuma's fierce eyes and quickly shrank her head behind Nojiko and the other two.

"Ikki, do you have time? I want to talk to you."

After thinking for a moment, Kuma turned his attention to Ikki and spoke.

"Well... it's okay."

Ikki nodded slightly and turned to look at Nami and the others.

"Nami, Nojiko, Kalifa, you three take the little girl to find the famous sword I want. When you see a skilled swordsman, try to challenge him. This little girl is a user with Hollow-Hollow Fruit abilities. If you're hit by her negative ghosts, some things you don't want to see may happen. So be careful."

As long as they found Ryuma who held the famous sword Shusui, it didn't matter if his partners defeated him.

With Nami and Nojiko, two female swordsmen who could use Zanpakutō, Ikki wasn't worried that they would be in danger.

The only thing Ikki was a little worried about was that Ryuma himself was dead, and whether defeating him in zombie form would satisfy the conditions for claiming the famous sword.

There was also Kuma. He had such a weird ability that if you weren't careful, you might be knocked away by him. Although it wouldn't cause much damage.

Hearing this, Nami and others nodded, taking Perona with them as they walked forward.

"Shichibukai Kuma, do you want to come to my ship for a drink?"

Ikki smiled at Kuma, turned and walked toward his Explorer. Vivi and Nico Robin followed closely behind.

Kuma glanced at Perona and the others who were leaving, and then followed Ikki onto the deck of the Explorer amid Perona's horrified eyes.